4-year PhD positions (f/m/d)
Bewerbungsfrist: Freitag, 28.02.2025
At the mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna, the Structured Doctoral Program „Performing Matters. Manifold Temporalities“ at the Office of the Dean of Research Programs offers six
4-year PhD positions (f/m/d)
The Structured Doctoral Program „Performing Matters. Manifold Temporalities“ will start on 1 October 2025. It will appeal to current discourses in which time and temporality are seen as key to analyse and comment on the present and as tools to reconceptualize the humanities. The research program ties in with these interdisciplinary discourses and renders them productive the performative arts. (Further information on the research program can be found on the homepage www.mdw.ac.at/sdp).
We invite highly qualified candidates who are eligible for enrollment in the PhD program at mdw to submit a proposal. The Structured Doctoral Program welcomes interdisciplinary dissertation projects which offer a critical investigation of aspects of temporality in performing arts represented at mdw, i.e. music, theatre/performance art and film. The dissertation projects have to be closely related to these performing arts and anchored in at least two academic disciplines represented in the program.
Detailed information about the program’s overarching research topic, the disciplines and the team involved, as well as the structure of the program and special offers of the mdw for PhD candidates can be found on the website: www.mdw.ac.at/sdp
Extent of employment: 75 % (30h per week)
Contract: Employment is offered for a period of 4 years, starting on 1 October 2025
Salary: According to the Austrian collective labour agreement, the monthly gross pay is at a minimum of € 2.684,10 (14 times).
Employment requirements:
- Master’s or diploma degree in one of the following or closely related disciplines: musicology, performance studies, popular music studies, theatre studies, gender studies, philosophy and film/media studies
- Excellent spoken and written communication skills in English (C1); good German language skills (at B2 level) are required from the 3rd semester onwards. If the dissertation will be written in German: excellent spoken and written communication skills in German (C1).
Desired qualifications:
- ability to critically reflect the theoretical and methodological foundations of at least one of the participating disciplines; familiarity with the current discourses in these disciplines
- strong interest in interdisciplinary work
- ability to work in a team
Tasks:
The appointees must enroll at the mdw by 1 October 2025 and are expected to participate in all activities of the Structured Doctoral Program, actively attend the compulsory courses, complete their dissertation, regularly present their work within the program and at conferences, and take on further administrative and organizational tasks.
Application documents:
- dissertation proposal relating to „Performing Matters. Manifold Temporalities“ in English (max. 10 pages/5,000 words)
- motivational letter (1 page)
- CV
- scan of diploma or Master’s degree (official English or German translation, when diploma is in another language)
- contact form (see: www.mdw.ac.at/sdp)
- optional: publication or text sample (e. g. representative chapter of the Master’s thesis, max. 20 pages/10,000 words) in English or German
If you have any questions, please contact: sdp@mdw.ac.at
Application deadline: 28 February 2025
Applications must be submitted in electronic form via the mdw application portal www.mdw.ac.at/bewerbungsportal. All application material should be sent in PDF format.
The mdw – University of Music and Performing Arts Vienna is committed to the equal treatment of all qualified applicants regardless of sex, gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, world-view, age, or disability. The University is particularly interested in increasing the percentage of women working in the artistic, scientific and general university personnel ranks. It therefore expressly encourages qualified women to apply.
The mdw is committed to the continuous development and improvement of working conditions for artistic and academic staff as well as recruiting. For these efforts, the university was awarded the HR Excellence in Research label by the European Commission.
It should be specifically mentioned, however, that applicants who are invited to the audition will not receive remuneration from the university for incurred travel and hotel expenses.
The Rector: Ulrike Sych
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